My OperaOpera Community vs. Blogger
Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:58:19 AM
I am seriously considering to switch definitely to this blog at the Opera Community web site, from my current blog at Blogger. Of course, finally being able to import that blog into this one plays a significant role in that potential desicion.
Some of the features that make this blog a better choice are
I should also highlight major Blogger features that are not available here. However, I am confident that some (if not all) of them will be added. We must remember that this new Opera Community is a young project with a future ahead.
Also, being Blogger a part of Google, blogs over there are readily available on the new Google Blog Search. I would like to see my Opera blog also available over there. Blogging is a lot about being heard, and being indexed is certainly a part of it, mostly if it's Google's index we're talking about.
Some of the features that make this blog a better choice are
- Integrated services besides the blog itself: photo albums, links section, about page. All these gives a greater sense of belonging to a real community.
- That beautiful calendar on the right side of blog pages, with quick links to the days I've posted something.
- The tagging system, which gives the opportunity to categorize posts within the blog. This makes it easier for visitors to find posts a particular subject.
- The mechanism to include pictures and other files into my posts. Blogger has his won, but I like this one a lot more.
- The possibility to post private posts, or restrict access to my friends. In Blogger all posts are public.
- The naming convention for posts URLs is more convenient, because it does not depends on the post's name.
- Pages are truly dinamyc. Blogger pages are created statically when new posts are created.
I should also highlight major Blogger features that are not available here. However, I am confident that some (if not all) of them will be added. We must remember that this new Opera Community is a young project with a future ahead.
- Comments can be posted by any visitor, not just Blogger members. Here at Opera only the community members can comment on my posts. I understand this is to avoid comment spamming, but there are other ways.
- The spell-checker within the post editor.
- The preview and WYSIWYG editing mode in the post editor.
- The Blogger for Word utility, that makes it possible to write posts within Microsoft Word and submitting directly to Blogger, without having to open the Web interface.
- The ability to decide the date and time of a new post.
Also, being Blogger a part of Google, blogs over there are readily available on the new Google Blog Search. I would like to see my Opera blog also available over there. Blogging is a lot about being heard, and being indexed is certainly a part of it, mostly if it's Google's index we're talking about.
ycc2106 # Friday, October 21, 2005 3:34:09 PM
I wrote:Opera Blog vs Blogger( my last post title) in google and got here.
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